Dr. Appointments

This week has been full of doctor appointments. On Wednesday we went to see the GI doctor for her reflux. While I wish I could say we took her off of her medication, we decided to keep her on both the prilosec and carafate. Most babies outgrow reflux by the age of 6 months, so we decided to wait until then instead of risking her backsliding with her feeds because of pain. We go back to see Dr. Rangwalla in another month to adjust medication again.

On Thursday, we went for a full evaluation. Juliet saw a physical therapist, occupational therapist,speech therapist, high risk pediatrician  and dietitian  Since she was born so early, we knew there was a high risk of her needing a lot of therapy in order to develop correctly. Most muscle is not developed until after 28 weeks, so all of her muscle was developed in a different environment than it should have developed in. It is only a miracle from God that our little girl is in need of NO THERAPY!!!!! There are a few things at home we are asked to do to help her muscle tone, but we do not need a therapist to come and see her. (We were told to expect a PT or OT to come 3-5 days a week until the age of 2). This is a blessing for our family as well as our bank account! The high risk pediatrician and dietitian were very pleased with her weight gain as well! For her adjusted age (meaning the age she should be had she been born on her due date), she is in the 50 percentile for both length and weight! This means she is the average size! Our little one pound baby is doing so wonderful. They both said to me that if they did not see her chart in front of them, they would never have guessed she was born so early. We will be visiting them once a month as well until she is two just to make sure she is staying on the right track. God has been faithful to us!  We look forward to watching our little girl grow and be a source of proof that statistics are not right, and God knows what He is doing!